Description:A literature of black women's courage and experience is at the heart of Angelou's writing. This title, Maya Angelou, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Maya Angelou through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Maya Angelou, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.